Make/Believing the World(s)

by Mcleod-harrison, Mark S.

• ISBN13: 9780773535930
• ISBN10: 0773535934
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-10
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

While it is often thought that a serious theism is largely incompatible with a radical ontological pluralism, Mark McLeod-Harrison defends the claim that ontological relativism not only requires theism but is consistent with traditional Christianity. Building primarily on the work of Nelson Goodman and Michael Lynch, McLeod-Harrison spells out what is right and what is missing from contemporary pluralism. Proposing a new defence, he explains the need for God and shows how and why radical relativistic pluralism is consistent with traditional Christianity. He also explores how pluralism can be defended against the notorious "consistency challenge" and analyses the relationships among noetic irrealism, pluralism, necessity, God's nature, theories of truth, and idealism. Philosophers working in the field of realistic/antirealistic metaphysics, theologians struggling with how to put traditional Christian claims together with our postmodern situation, and those interested in a new framework for the integration of faith and theorizing will find Make/Believing the World(s) of great interest.